Full of Grace 2022
Full of Grace 2022
Llenos de gracia (original title)
1h 49m | Comedy, Family | Release date: June 24, 2022 (Spain)
Storyline:
Sister Marina, a very unorthodox nun, is sent during the summer of 1994 to El Parral, a boarding school for boys threatened to be closed soon. Even though the kids welcome Marina with all kinds of pranks, they will, little by little, become something very close to the family they never had.
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
Zamani barayé masti asbha (original title)
1h 20m | Drama, War | Release date: September 13, 2000 (France)
Storyline:
After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, needs an immediate operation in order to remain alive. This heartbreaking tale shows the lengths to which a family will go in order to survive in the harshest of conditions, where even the horses are fed liquor in order to work.
Guo Zhao Guan 2018
Guo Zhao Guan 2018
1h 33m | Drama, Family | Release date: October 17, 2018 (China)
Storyline:
An old man who barely survived from the Cultural Revolution is told that his friend is currently suffering from hemiplegia. Having survived the Cultural Revolution together, the old man set off on a journey to see his friend. By tricycle, he takes his seven-year-old grandson on the back seat. With the form of a Road Movie, he meets a wide range of people on the road while sharing warm words as he travels. This film is based on the memory of the director’s grandfather. Whenever the little grandson is terrified by something strange while slowly following the country road in China, the grandfather teaches the kid the benefits of familiarity. The wisdom he shares gives us the strength of mind to melt emotional barriers.
El universo de Óliver 2022
El universo de Óliver 2022
1h 42m | Adventure, Drama | Release date: May 13, 2022 (Spain)
Storyline:
The year is 1985. Oliver, a boy with an overflowing imagination, moves with his family to the southernmost corner of Europe, just as Halley’s Comet is about to pass by. These events will mark a before and after in Oliver’s emotional life, as he will look to the stars for the solution to his problems at the new school, in the neighborhood and at home. To top it off, his grandfather, nicknamed “the crazy one”, is encouraged to help him interpret the comet’s message and take a step forward in his new universe.
Separate Ways 1981
Separate Ways 1981
1h 32m | Drama | Release date: May 1981 (United States)
Storyline:
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
Verschwinde von hier 1999
Verschwinde von hier 1999
1h 30m | Drama | Release date: September 4, 2005 (Hungary)
Storyline:
“Someday I’ll get you out of here,” promises 16-year-old Janna (Gruschenka Stevens) and leaves her newborn with her mother. Little Lukas lives in her musty pet shop for five years. At least he learns over time to imitate all the bird calls. When Janna finally takes him in, it is mainly her friend Janosch (Martin Feifel) who looks after Lukas. Although the freaky guy smokes pot and gambles away the household money, he lets Lukas feel genuine affection and gives him new courage to face life. When his idolised surrogate father ends up in jail, Lukas’ little world comes crashing down…Over a period of eight years, director Franziska Buch follows the fate of the boy. Her heartfelt drama about an unusual father-son relationship with a great cast won the Max Ophüls Prize in 2000.
The Nanny 1965
The Nanny 1965
1h 31m | Mystery, Thriller | Release date: January 20, 1966 (Italy)
Storyline:
Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed children’s home where he’d spent two years undergoing treatment for drowning his little sister in the bath. He returns to an unloving father, fragile mother, and doting nanny — whom he hates. Suspicion arises again when his mother is poisoned, and Joey continues to insist Nanny is responsible. Joey contends the nanny was responsible for his little sister’s death, and only the upstairs neighbour girl believes him.
